Oct./Nov. 1983 RAIN Page 41 f Further globalization of the economy before a noticeable trend toward localization. —K. Nelson Trend toward more leisure time and less income. More human-oriented workplaces and businesses. Resolution of labor/management dichotomy into more cooperative systems on a wide scale. —J. Strang society analog to the Model A Ford will most likely be the Apple computer—not the Volkswagen Rabbit! — Steven Ames (editor, 1978-79) My fear is that we will go on our merry way developing newer and ever better gadgets while the rest of the world suffers. —A. Borquist Consciousness I There is a steadily increasing awareness of the holiness I of the earth, the need for an understanding of the cycli- F cal nature of things. —Lane deMoll (editor, 1975-79) Increasing awareness of ourselves as parts of a whole; good physical, mental, and spiritual health; the fragility of the planet; the need for cooperation; the no-win situation with nuclear power and weapons. —Becky Banyas-Koach (magazine staff, 1980) Toward greater attention; to the environment, to space, to the plight of the Palauans, to the Soviets, to our backyards, to ourselves. —J. Strang Deepening spiritual basis for political and secular action, including environmental causes. —K. Nelson The biology of life will become the dominant metaphor as more people become aware of the web which sustains all of life. —J. Steinke International Further adoption of appropriate technologies by the Third World, lessening dependence on developed countries.—K. Nelson Population pressures leading to increased water shortages, soil erosion, food shortages, and fuel shortages in the Third World—all of which will increase revolutionary fervor. —John Ferrell (editor, 1979-82) The form of national sovereignty in an interdependent world will be a big question for the future. —B. Borquist Hopefully, the U. S., the U. S. S. R., and China will learn to coexist as their empires decline and as the world becomes more balanced and cooperative. —J. Steinke Potential for major starvation and overpopulation. —A. Borquist Governments will work more at solving local problems rather than trying to influence the international scene. —J. Strang Technology Appropriate technology must be moved aggressively into the marketplace through various and sundry businesses, most of which have not even been invented yet. —D. Knapp Communications technology and gadgetries galore. —Mimi Maduro (Rain Umbrella Board, 1981-) In an information-based economy, where data is moved electronically and more work is done in the home, excessive work-related transportation will look very costly, redundant, even silly. The communications Society Widening literary and "informed" gap between developed and underdeveloped countries, the rural and urban, the poor and the rich. Deeper cross-fertilization of social movements. —K. Nelson Different factions of "the movement" are seeking common ground. —Steve Rudman (Resource Center staff, 1980-82; present Umbrella Board member) An older society with the youth of the sixties in positions of power. A return to the celebration of what is good and true in life. —A. Borquist Increased struggle between technology and human values. An aging society. The high-tech revolution will have produced a new "proletariat" of low, menial wage earners and an even more disparate personal wealth base. —B. Borquist Agriculture Increase in very small farms, loss of the mid-sized family farm, and increase in large farms. —L. Stu- chinksy Peace and War A world in which people have learned to care for each other enough to not want to destroy. —B. Banyas- Koach Substantial arms reductions are highly unlikely in a near term time frame. Great potential for either side to touch off "space wars" using satellites, lasers, etc. —J. Ferrell Fewer nukes; more chemical and biological warfare items. —J. Strang Continuation of military and nuclear weapons development. —L. Stuchinsky Maybe some good things will happen, too. —J. Ferrell Dave Deppen 2000 A.D. HOUSE: It's solar, superinsulated, and super-efficient in its use ofspace, but the look and feel is cozy andfriendly.
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